Games like Dead of Darkness
by Retrofiction Games
Darkwood and WORLD OF HORROR play most like Dead of Darkness. Of the 16 closest games below, most share its horror, pixel graphics and survival horror; 1 came out in the last year and 10 are free or under $10. The best known is SOMA, with 46,898 Steam reviews.
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Ranked by how similar the games actually are, not by sales. Released and Price are remembered for next time.
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Darkwood
Aug 17, 2017 · Acid Wizard Studio
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Darkwood - a new perspective on survival horror. Scavenge and explore a rich, ever-changing free-roam world by day, then hunker down in your hideout and pray for the morning light.
HorrorSurvival HorrorAdventurePsychological HorrorActionRPGDarkAtmosphericSurvivalExploration👍 22,283WORLD OF HORROR
Oct 19, 2023 · panstasz
Both: Horror · Pixel Graphics · Lovecraftian
Experience the quiet terror of this 1-bit love letter to Junji Ito and H.P. Lovecraft. Navigate a hellish roguelite reality with turn-based combat and unforgiving choices. Experiment with your deck of event cards to discover new forms of cosmic horror in every playthrough. The inevitable awaits...
HorrorPixel GraphicsLovecraftianPsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorPoint & ClickRogueliteDifficultRPG2D👍 8,999DEEP FOG
Apr 29, 2022 · Devil Beetle Games
Both: Lovecraftian · Action-Adventure · Pixel Graphics
Deep Fog is a single-player, 2D horizontal pixel horror/adventure game. Explore the strange events that occurred in Fog City. The game's 5 chapters will be released in phases.
Early AccessLovecraftianAction-AdventureAction RPGCinematicPixel GraphicsHorrorAtmosphericMysteryPsychological Horror👍 140Look Outside
Mar 21, 2025 · Francis Coulombe
Both: Survival Horror · Pixel Graphics · Horror
Look Outside is a survival horror RPG set in a single apartment building. A mysterious event turns anyone who looks out the window into grotesque monsters, leaving the world in absolute chaos. Scavenge the building to seek food, supplies, and weapons while encountering strange characters.
RPGSurvival HorrorPixel GraphicsHorrorLovecraftianTurn-Based CombatAdventure2DAtmosphericExploration👍 13,755Amnesia: The Dark Descent
Sep 8, 2010 · Frictional Games
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
Amnesia: The Dark Descent, a first person survival horror. A game about immersion, discovery and living through a nightmare. An experience that will chill you to the core.
HorrorGorePsychological HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericPuzzleFirst-PersonDarkNudityLovecraftian👍 20,454Suffer The Night
Apr 17, 2023 · Tainted Pact
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Lovecraftian
SUFFER THE NIGHT is a first-person survival horror experience. Alone in a secluded cabin during a violent storm, horror illustrator Stacey Linden discovers the true meaning of fear. Explore a constantly changing world and solve puzzles; but above all: survive!
HorrorSurvival HorrorAtmosphericMysteryLovecraftianPuzzleTypingActionAdventureAction-Adventure👍 184SOMA
Sep 21, 2015 · Frictional Games
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror · Survival Horror
From the creators of Amnesia: The Dark Descent comes SOMA, a sci-fi horror game set below the waves of the Atlantic ocean. Struggle to survive a hostile world that will make you question your very existence.
HorrorPsychological HorrorAtmosphericStory RichDarkSci-fiSurvival HorrorExplorationGoreFirst-Person👍 46,898DISTRAINT: Deluxe Edition
Oct 21, 2015 · Jesse Makkonen
Both: Psychological Horror · Horror · Pixel Graphics
DISTRAINT is a 2D psychological horror adventure game for PC. In order to secure a partnership in a famous company, Price seizes the property of an elderly woman. In that very moment, he finds out the price of his humanity.
IndiePsychological HorrorHorrorPixel Graphics2DAdventureStory RichAtmosphericSingleplayerDark👍 7,686Subversive Memories
Apr 8 · Southward Studio
Both: Survival Horror · Psychological Horror · Lovecraftian
Subversive Memories is a story driven survival horror set in Brazil during the last military dictatorship. Explore the backrooms of an oppressive regime, escape ominous presences and scavenge every corner of this land in search of your ██████.
Survival HorrorPsychological HorrorPuzzleFemale ProtagonistAtmosphericRetroOld SchoolDarkLovecraftianStory Rich👍 132FAITH: The Unholy Trinity
Oct 21, 2022 · Airdorf Games
Both: Horror · Pixel Graphics · Psychological Horror
What you are about to do has not been approved by the Vatican. As a young priest, struggle against demons, cultists, and your own weakening faith in this pixel horror game inspired by the era of classic 8-bit gaming and the "Satanic Panic" of the 1980s.
HorrorPixel GraphicsPsychological HorrorIndieRetroStory RichDarkAtmosphericGoreViolent👍 8,069Terror At Oakheart
Feb 27, 2024 · Tainted Pact
Both: Survival Horror · Horror · Action-Adventure
The renowned slasher horror films of the 1980s and 1990s serve as a source of inspiration for Terror at Oakheart. The community of Oakheart has been terrorized by Teddy, a masked serial killer. As the body count rises, you discover there is more going on here than just a man in a mask.
Survival HorrorHorrorSide Scroller2D PlatformerPuzzleAction-Adventure2DPsychological HorrorPixel GraphicsRPG👍 277Skautfold: Shrouded in Sanity
May 27, 2016 · Steve Gal
Both: Lovecraftian · Pixel Graphics · Psychological Horror
Discover the secrets of the estate, as you look for answers among the violent inhabitants. A strange and repelling madness took hold of the servants roaming the halls, and they will attack on sight, for their madness is one rooted in a deeper understanding of cosmic insignificance.
Souls-likeActionRPGIndieAdventureLovecraftianPixel GraphicsPsychological HorrorDifficult2D👍 504The Last Door - Collector's Edition
May 20, 2014 · The Game Kitchen
Both: Pixel Graphics · Horror · Lovecraftian
Something ancient and evil is stirring in Victorian England. Only you can stop it. Journey to the brink of madness and beyond as you set forth alone into the dark.
Pixel GraphicsPoint & ClickStory RichHorrorLovecraftianGreat SoundtrackSingleplayerAdventurePuzzleIndie👍 1,861Lone Survivor: The Director's Cut
Apr 23, 2012 · Jasper Byrne
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Pixel Graphics
In this original and adult psychological survival horror, the masked protagonist must escape from a city ravaged by disease, by any means necessary.
HorrorIndieSurvival HorrorPixel GraphicsAdventureAtmospheric2DRPGActionPsychological Horror👍 734
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Little Nightmares II
Feb 10, 2021 · Tarsier Studios
Both: Horror · Psychological Horror
Little Nightmares II is the second game in a series that has thrilled and captivated millions of players worldwide since 2017. Now it’s your turn to try to survive this critically acclaimed entry in the most charming horror series ever made.
HorrorAdventureSingleplayerPuzzleDarkAtmosphericPsychological HorrorStory RichMultiplayerStealth👍 50,362Outlast
Sep 4, 2013 · Red Barrels
Both: Horror · Survival Horror · Psychological Horror
Hell is an experiment you can't survive in Outlast, a first-person survival horror game developed by veterans of some of the biggest game franchises in history. As investigative journalist Miles Upshur, explore Mount Massive Asylum and try to survive long enough to discover its terrible secret... if you dare.
HorrorFirst-PersonSurvival HorrorAtmosphericPsychological HorrorGoreSingleplayerSurvivalMultiplayerDark👍 104,522